When I heard "Hanover" was going to have a nice, designed UI I was skeptical.

When I heard 8.0.1 client was going to be "faster" I was skeptical.

When I heard XPages was to be based on JSF I was skeptical.

When I heard DAOS would shave 50% off storage needed for Domino I was skeptical.

At LS09 when "air cover" was mentioned time and time again, I was really skeptical.

Well, after a seven month wait air cover is here, DAOS is wonderful, XPages really do equal JSF and the Notes 8.0.1+ client really is faster and sexy.

Today IBM Lotus are inviting all of you to participate in Lotus Knows IdeaJam to get feed back and input for the beginnings of what is going to be a 24 month advertising campaign (yes, IBM Lotus is advertising).  Anyway, pick yourself up from the floor and go add you own ideas and/or vote on other "Lotus Knowees" ideas.

The general ides is to complete the sentence "Lotus knows....." with witty, sincere, interesting and/or intriguing ways of using the Lotus product line that you feel other should know.

Here are some to get you thinking.....

"Lotus knows....."

....your conference call number and passcode.

....that cost reductions are not just for a recession.

....that more than 50 of the global 100 use Notes/Domino.